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Radio Free Albemuth (2010)

Drama | Sci-Fi
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Director:

John Alan Simon

Writers:

John Alan Simon (screenplay), Philip K. Dick (novel)

Stars:

Jonathan Scarfe, Shea Whigham and Katheryn Winnick
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Cast

Credited cast:
Jonathan Scarfe ...
Shea Whigham ...
Katheryn Winnick ...
Rachel Brady
Alanis Morissette ...
Sylvia
Hanna Hall ...
Vivian Kaplan
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Elyse Ashton ...
Waitress
Carol Avery ...
Jan
Tom Beyer ...
Presidential Aide
Nancy Linehan Charles
Joseph Cintron Joseph Cintron ...
Prisoner
Frank Collison ...
Leon
Scott Cordts Scott Cordts ...
Body #4
Mason Vale Cotton ...
Maxwell Perry Cotton ...
Robert Dolan ...
Police Guard
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Berkeley record store clerk Nick Brady (Jonathan Scarfe) begins to experience strange visions from an entity he calls VALIS that cause him to uproot his family and move to Los Angeles where he becomes a successful music company executive. With the help of best friend, science-fiction writer Philip K. Dick himself (Shea Whigam) and a mysterious woman named Silvia (Alanis Morissette), Nick finds himself drawn into a dangerous political-mystical conspiracy of cosmic proportions. The story is set in an alternate reality America circa 1985 under the authoritarian control of President Fremont, a Nixon-like clone (Scott Wilson). Written by Radio Free LLC  

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Drama | Sci-Fi

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USA

Language:

English

Filming Locations:

24/7 Productions, 1413 Cole, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »

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Open Pictures, Radio Free, Broadstroke Entertainment See more »
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First production to film at the Los Angeles State Historic Park which had just opened. The park was the former site of The Cornfield, a maintenance yard for the Southern Pacific. See more »